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this report drew a sharp rebuke from president obama. i want to listen to it for a home and then have you respond. >> i expect consequences. so i don't be want more speeches or awareness programs or training but ultimately folks look the other way. if we find out somebody is engaging in this stuff, they got to be held accountable. prosecutors tripped of their positions. court-martial fired, dishonorably discharged, period. it's not acceptable. >> congressman s this the turning point? >> i sure hope so, melissa. but we've had plenty of turning points before and nothing seems to change. the military will do a lot of training and prevention, but we're really not going to change anything. and unless we take the cases out of the chain of command, we're not going to see much in terms of the convictions that we need to have. >> i started with with the notion that these guys protect us. they must be lying about the sexual assaults. we hear this over and over again. what is it unique about the position of servicemen and women in the military that
this report drew a sharp rebuke from president obama. i want to listen to it for a home and then have you respond. >> i expect consequences. so i don't be want more speeches or awareness programs or training but ultimately folks look the other way. if we find out somebody is engaging in this stuff, they got to be held accountable. prosecutors tripped of their positions. court-martial fired, dishonorably discharged, period. it's not acceptable. >> congressman s this the turning...
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and former senior adviser to president obama. liz kennedy, specializing in money and politics, and steven shapiro, director of aclu and adjunct professor of constitutional law at columbia law school. liz, i want to start with you. this is the data we are playing with here, and these data show that this decision could, in fact, have an enormous impact on how elections are decided in our country. >> that's absolutely right, melissa. congress has established a system, which requires contribution limits -- contributions to be limited so that government can be protected from corruption and the appearance of corruption. and the problem is that if the court takes the radical step to strike down a federal contribution limit for the very first time, going against their precedent for 40 years, it would increase the impact of the tiniest sliver of the richest americans, these elite donors, over our politics and policy. already americans believe their elected representatives are far more responsive to their contributors than to their constit
and former senior adviser to president obama. liz kennedy, specializing in money and politics, and steven shapiro, director of aclu and adjunct professor of constitutional law at columbia law school. liz, i want to start with you. this is the data we are playing with here, and these data show that this decision could, in fact, have an enormous impact on how elections are decided in our country. >> that's absolutely right, melissa. congress has established a system, which requires...
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and the thing is, president obama of obama's role is soing interest because he cannot be too involved because he'll just be a lightning rod for conflict. in some ways he can do things in public to exert pressure indirectly, sometimes he can be a godfather looking over at it. but he's walking a very fine line. and i do give him credit, though, because at certain points he does, like with the announcement, assert himself. so he's there. he just cannot be too involved at this point. >> matt, do you agree with that? >> i do. and furthermore i would say that the republicans, in addition to the fact that obama has won a couple of elections which influences people, but he won a couple of elections with increasing support among latinos, even after setting records for deportations, and there's the young vote which is kind of tied up with a lot of different things but part of it is the sense that the republican are the out of touch old white guy party. it's not just latinos voting 70% for barack obama and the democratic party. >> jamal, let's hear -- >> it's motivating. >> go ahead, matt. >> th
and the thing is, president obama of obama's role is soing interest because he cannot be too involved because he'll just be a lightning rod for conflict. in some ways he can do things in public to exert pressure indirectly, sometimes he can be a godfather looking over at it. but he's walking a very fine line. and i do give him credit, though, because at certain points he does, like with the announcement, assert himself. so he's there. he just cannot be too involved at this point. >> matt,...
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so here's why president obama is kevin bacon. the president wants to act rationally and avoid the cuts all together, just like the city slicker character in "footloose" bacon doesn't even know what he's doing on a tractor and definitely doesn't want to crash into another one but neither of them can do anything about it because they are literally and proverbially tied down. remember the shoelace? ♪ >> aahhh! president obama wants to get out of the way of the sequester cuts and see them replaced with a combination of increased tax revenue and spending cuts, but he is tied down to the congress by the shoelace. these automatic spending cuts are just six degrees of sequestration away from kevin bacon and the only difference is that all of us are hitched on to the back of the tractors with them. with me, carmen ulrich, peter goodman and lisa cook. okay. >> kevin wins. hello. kevin wins. >> that's why he's president obama. >> we have a role when we write scripts. if we ever do a "batman" metaphor, the president is always batman. never
so here's why president obama is kevin bacon. the president wants to act rationally and avoid the cuts all together, just like the city slicker character in "footloose" bacon doesn't even know what he's doing on a tractor and definitely doesn't want to crash into another one but neither of them can do anything about it because they are literally and proverbially tied down. remember the shoelace? ♪ >> aahhh! president obama wants to get out of the way of the sequester cuts and...
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ever since president obama first became president obama, the story of his legacy as the country's first african-american president has been a narrative under constant rewrite. he doesn't do much of the damage caused by his predecessor, george w. bush, ending the war in iraq, stopping the youth of torture and bringing the economy back from the brink. he would sign into law transformative social policy in the form of the affordable care act and, yes, he would have frustrating round after frustrating round after frustrating round of stalemates with republican foes on the hill. there's one place perhaps more than any other where a president can leave an indelible mark that continues its impact for decades after that president leaves office, the courts. appointments to the federal judiciary are there by law until they want to leave or they pass away. president obama's impact is already clear on the supreme court where he has successfully nominat nominat nominat nominat nominat nominat nominated sonia sotomayor and the court has more than double the amount of women than ever before. bravo. co
ever since president obama first became president obama, the story of his legacy as the country's first african-american president has been a narrative under constant rewrite. he doesn't do much of the damage caused by his predecessor, george w. bush, ending the war in iraq, stopping the youth of torture and bringing the economy back from the brink. he would sign into law transformative social policy in the form of the affordable care act and, yes, he would have frustrating round after...
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initially it was one of the first things president obama did taking office. sign an order to close guantanamo. a from the u.s. into detention facilities in the u.s. that caused a huge amount of blowback from congress who saw it as bringing terrorists into our backyard. they put everything on hold. congress zwently passed a number of laws making it very difficult for the administration the bring people to the u.s. difficult to transfer them to third countries. they are also very concerned about the problem. if they release people. they release them and they show back up a few months later. that's a huge political liability. >> so the alternative at this point is that we have people in american custody who are starving themselves to death and in response you are now force feeding them which could be cruel and unusual punishment. they do oppose force feeding, so you have some outside involvement in the situation. and the military ak noejed that this point that the detainees are seeking attention. as you saw from the white house not a clear stance of what they're
initially it was one of the first things president obama did taking office. sign an order to close guantanamo. a from the u.s. into detention facilities in the u.s. that caused a huge amount of blowback from congress who saw it as bringing terrorists into our backyard. they put everything on hold. congress zwently passed a number of laws making it very difficult for the administration the bring people to the u.s. difficult to transfer them to third countries. they are also very concerned about...
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the ball is in president obama's court. more recently the president unveiled his 2013 national drug control strategy, which is focuses the war on the science of addiction. that's a step in the right direction. but statements like the one made in mexico on friday still leave us feeling directionless on this battlefield. >> i've been asked and i honestly do not believe that legalized drugs is the answer. but i do believe that a comprehensive approach, not just law enforcement, but education and prevention and treatment, that's what we have to do. we're going to have to stay at it because the lives of our children and the future of our nations depend on it. >> the comprehensive approach is commendable that it rejects the false choice of an enforcement sen trick war on drugs. said that. finally, someone who realizes that this is not a war. because i have to ask, what exactly are we fighting for? at the table, william -- billy murphy, a former circuit court judge for the city of baltimore and current criminal defense attorney. m
the ball is in president obama's court. more recently the president unveiled his 2013 national drug control strategy, which is focuses the war on the science of addiction. that's a step in the right direction. but statements like the one made in mexico on friday still leave us feeling directionless on this battlefield. >> i've been asked and i honestly do not believe that legalized drugs is the answer. but i do believe that a comprehensive approach, not just law enforcement, but education...
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like venus and serena williams and sasha and malia obama, the world is waiting for you. we need the light that you and only you can project. nerdland is here. we are cheering for you, myriam. that is our show for today. thanks for watching. the always wonderful joy reid will sit in with me because i'm running a half marathon with the human rights campaign. join in with joy. coming up, "weekends with alex witt." [ phil ] when you have joint pain and stiffness... accomplishing even little things can become major victories. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are c
like venus and serena williams and sasha and malia obama, the world is waiting for you. we need the light that you and only you can project. nerdland is here. we are cheering for you, myriam. that is our show for today. thanks for watching. the always wonderful joy reid will sit in with me because i'm running a half marathon with the human rights campaign. join in with joy. coming up, "weekends with alex witt." [ phil ] when you have joint pain and stiffness... accomplishing even...
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i think we can put that up on the screen when we talk about obama's brief and supporting affirmative action. this is directly from, like i said, the president's lawyers. the absence of diversity in the officer corps also undermined the military's very legitimacy by fueling popular perceptions of racial ethnic minorities serving as cannon fodder for military leaders. seems it speaks to diversity but legitimacy. what the president's lawyers are saying, if you take away our tools to keep in mind diversity and affirmative action, we could end up with white leaders like we had in vietnam sending only minorities off to die. that's not only bad for our society but it's bad for our security. >> there's a lot to say in responding to what you've just said. i think the key, since we're talking about the military is an example malcolm gladwell gave where he talks about the difference between a beauty school and marine corps in the context of diversity. he says a beauty school looks for people already beautiful and wants to associate itself with them and benefit from their beauty. the marine corp
i think we can put that up on the screen when we talk about obama's brief and supporting affirmative action. this is directly from, like i said, the president's lawyers. the absence of diversity in the officer corps also undermined the military's very legitimacy by fueling popular perceptions of racial ethnic minorities serving as cannon fodder for military leaders. seems it speaks to diversity but legitimacy. what the president's lawyers are saying, if you take away our tools to keep in mind...
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the anti-lynching laws to what we're seeing under president obama. is getting rid of this aspect of the filibuster the right thing? >> it's almost as if -- i don't see what other political options there are, procedural options there are, and given the time frame, one thing i think is an important distinction here is the extent to which the kind of district-by-district safety of seats makes it very difficult for people to say well politically we're going to make deals with people in the house or things are kind of structurally gridlocked. i think this is more a symptom of that than anything else. but the other thing, too, is when we look at lbj, we tend to think about two things with him, which is '64 and '65, the civil rights act and the voting rights act. but this is really about the arc of his career because he does this in '57 and does it again in 1960, like the little remembered 1960 civil rights act, and then the 1964 and then '65. >> yet this was a guy who had been part of some of these anti-lynching filibusters earlier, who certainly in his di
the anti-lynching laws to what we're seeing under president obama. is getting rid of this aspect of the filibuster the right thing? >> it's almost as if -- i don't see what other political options there are, procedural options there are, and given the time frame, one thing i think is an important distinction here is the extent to which the kind of district-by-district safety of seats makes it very difficult for people to say well politically we're going to make deals with people in the...
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president obama and first lady obama stood before 26 candles in the white house map room observing a moment of silence. a can of del monte green beans? ♪ ♪ if i was a flower growing wild and free ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to be my sweet honeybee ♪ ♪ and if was a tree growing tall and green ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves ♪ grown in america. picked & packed at the peak of ripeness. the same essential nutrients as fresh. del monte. bursting with life™. >>> the friday shooting at arapahoe high school in colorado affected more than just the school where the shots were fired. in fact, the entire littleton public school system went on lockdown. a scenario we've become a lot more familiar with, especially in the last year. "slate" writer dahlia liftwick te tallied more than 25 school lockdowns in a week's span earlier this month and stressed that doing nothing in the face of school shootings is not an option. but she said, we ask our kids to pile themselves silently into their classroom closets ale tell them this is what freedom looks like, maybe. mayb
president obama and first lady obama stood before 26 candles in the white house map room observing a moment of silence. a can of del monte green beans? ♪ ♪ if i was a flower growing wild and free ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to be my sweet honeybee ♪ ♪ and if was a tree growing tall and green ♪ ♪ all i'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves ♪ grown in america. picked & packed at the peak of ripeness. the same essential nutrients as fresh. del monte. bursting with life™....
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they think that we just like obama because he's black. we like obama -- >> we don't hate him for that. >> that's right, that's exactly right. so i think if you look at what happened in virginia and cuccinelli, we learned a hard lesson in 2009 and 2010, that we don't want to repeat again. so we see as going into this midterm in 2013 and 2014, the elections this year, we certainly understand that the ramifications, if we lose, are much greater than what we thought in 2008 and 2009. so now folks are showing up. black people are showing up, young people are showing up, latinos are showing up, women are showing up. and we're not going to let it happen again. >> so i really -- these numbers for me, just the numbers about black turnout across the last four statewide elections in virginia. so 2008, you have 20% of african-american, of the electorate is african-american, the same thing is true in 2012, the same thing is true in 2013. in each of those, you end up with a democratic winner at the statewide level. but in '09, up with of these election
they think that we just like obama because he's black. we like obama -- >> we don't hate him for that. >> that's right, that's exactly right. so i think if you look at what happened in virginia and cuccinelli, we learned a hard lesson in 2009 and 2010, that we don't want to repeat again. so we see as going into this midterm in 2013 and 2014, the elections this year, we certainly understand that the ramifications, if we lose, are much greater than what we thought in 2008 and 2009. so...
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we just can't say, hey general and president obama, fix this thing. we all have to have skin in the game. because we don't have skin in the game. only less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. to your earlier point about vietnam, 78% of the congress during vietnam served in the military. now it's less than 22% served in the military. they don't quite understand what's going on. we all need to make sure we're hiring these heroes when they come back. that's a major part of the solution. >> that's right. this may be happening at the sort of the administrative level but this is about all of us. thank you both for your service and thank you both for being here at nerdland. thank you to aaron glants in san francisco. we'll keep our eyes on this. coming up next in this season renewal, a closer look at how we really do reap what we sew. the women who could change forever the way you do your hair. more nerdland at the top of the hour. out for myself. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information and rewards for addressing my health
we just can't say, hey general and president obama, fix this thing. we all have to have skin in the game. because we don't have skin in the game. only less than 1% of americans have served in iraq or afghanistan. to your earlier point about vietnam, 78% of the congress during vietnam served in the military. now it's less than 22% served in the military. they don't quite understand what's going on. we all need to make sure we're hiring these heroes when they come back. that's a major part of the...